Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Establishing discipline and intellectual growth

“How can we establish discipline in daily life? I miss intellectual development. What formula should I adopt to change myself and advise others?”Asked by آفتاب صاحب, چندی گڑھ

He answers at 56:55 in Message of The Quran · 3 min 53 sec

His answer, in his own words
56:55
maulana, agla sawal chandi garh se kiya hai aaftab sahib ne. aur unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, How can we establish discipline in our daily life ? Often most of the people including me get involved in day to day things, missing out on intellectual development like reading and thinking. I try hard but I am still not able to do my intellectual development like I should do. Maulana, what formula I should adopt to change myself and also advise others like myself؟" dekhiye, jahan tak mein ne samjha hai woh yeh hai ke log hamesha Distraction mein phanse rehte hain.
57:45
mera tajurba yahi hai. mukhtalif qism ki Distraction. koi doston mein phansa hua hai. koi Shopping mein phansa hua hai. koi kahin phansa hua hai. toh yeh Distraction jo mein phanse hue hote hain log is ki wajah se in ka Focus sahi banta nahi. jo asal Focus jahan parna chahiye wahan se hat jata hai. toh mere nazdeek yeh sab cheezein jo hain is waqt paida hoti hain jab aap apni zehan mein Distraction se apne aap ko bachayein.
58:25
toh agar aap ko apne aap se mohabbat hai. agar aap ko chahte hain ke aap masjid insan ke apne ko Develop karein. toh aap ko soch soch kar apne ko Distraction se nikalna hoga. kyun ke Distraction mein hota yeh hai ke aadmi Condition ho jata hai. Conditioning ki wajah se us ko Distraction nazar nahi aata. toh sochna parta hai. aap ko apni Condition ko todna hoga. aur Condition ko tod kar ke apni Distraction ko Discover karna hoga. phir apne aap ko Focus par lana hoga. aur koi doosra tareeqa is ke liye hai nahi.
59:11
maulana, agla Comment aaya hai khawaja kaleemuddin sahib ka pensilvania, USA se. aur unhon ne likha hai: "maulana sahib, You have already abundantly proved in your number of books that قرآن does not either advise you to establish a system or gives you a well-defined system of society. But in today's lecture I have learned a new point that is قرآن invites you to be a creative thinker. And also you gave us the details what it means to be a creative thinker. And being creative it opens the door for intellectual development. It is really a very thrilling point. Thank you very much."
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